At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about the difference between bookings, ARR and revenue.
Capital expenditures, otherwise known as CAPEX, are mentioned in startup board meetings all the time. It’s definitely a fundamental term to understand when dealing with startup accounting.
Term sheets can be a little bit of a gray area in the venture capital/startup world since certain elements, such as the confidentiality agreement, are legally binding.
The punch line here is that every single account on the balance sheet needs to be reconciled, not just the bank and the credit cards.
The rationale for a warrant coverage or a little bit of equity upside for the lender is that they're taking a lot of risk here.
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There are a number of reasons why you or someone else at your startup might need to look at your QuickBooks account after you cancel it, so you should understand how long you have to get any information you need.
Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is a fundamental metric to know in startup accounting. Customer acquisition cost is the amount you pay to add a single customer to your business.
If you’re hiring employees in New York State, you’re going to need to register your startup in that state.
We often encounter a problem with new startup clients: Those clients haven’t been given access to QuickBooks by their previous accountant.
Payroll tax notices from states or the IRS can be confusing and scary for a startup. Often founders don’t know rules around payroll taxes and can pay an employee incorrectly.
This is a question we are often asked and it is a good one. However, before answering it, let’s first dive into how a legal retainer works.
We get this question a lot; should a startup pay vendors via a check or credit card? Now, for the startup, it's always easier to pay via credit card.
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Today I'm answering the question: how do startups collect accounts receivable checks when their offices are closed due to covid?
A lot of startup founders know about technical debt. It basically means when you're working fast you're not going to architect everything perfectly.
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Kruze Consulting is a leading alternative to ScaleFactor. We provide monthly books, tax support and filings & CFO level advice to 100s of startups!
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1099s are a pain - somewhat mindless paperwork every startup needs to send to their contractors and many vendors like law firms.
There’s a new rule in town that venture-funded startups need to know about - and consider following if they want to remain GAAP compliant.
409A’s are outside valuations performed to help startups determine the strike price of their employees' options.
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, gives three top tips on how to spring clean your startup's cash flow management to help reduce your burn rate.
Vanessa Kruze, CPA, discusses bad bookkeeping, the top 10 ways your startup's financials are messed up and what you should do to correct them.
Kruze Consulting has compiled detailed job descriptions for startups' finance and accounting teams, based on our experience managing the growth of our startups.
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Emburse's virtual cards and expense management system is truly amazing for keeping expenses within your company well organized and controlled.
The first thing they're going to ask for is your historical financials.
What can I do to make sure that I am prepared for an IRS audit? Ultimately, how can I make sure that I don't get it to an IRS audit situation?
We typically recommend Bill.com, but they don't do the international.
There are really three main reasons why you absolutely want to be using Bill.com.
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about venture debt. Should a startup take it? Is it good for the startup?
We're mainly referring to investor abandonment and venture debt term sheets.
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